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Leaders' Questions (26 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: The Deputy is a crawthumper.

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: The Deputy is a crawthumper.

Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: When will the Spent Convictions Bill be brought back to the House? That would deal with part of the problem we have here. Does the Taoiseach not agree that it is entirely misleading to seek to give the impression that the report of the Committee of Public Accounts somehow vindicated the deal made with the religious institutions? It did not do anything of the kind; in fact, it found to the...

Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: I am sorry I was not here when this was discussed previously. It is wrong to give the impression that the report of the Committee of Public Accounts somehow vindicated a negligent and bad deal in the interest of the taxpayer.

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (26 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on legislation to protect airline passengers from the range of extra charges and levies that are continually being imposed upon them and particularly in view of the need to maintain passenger volumes in the airline sector; if he has had contact with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Commission on Aviation...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (26 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of consultation which occurs between his Department, the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and An Garda Sióchána on strategy and levels of enforcement for road traffic and transport law; if he has been briefed by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and An Garda Sióchána on reduced levels of enforcement...

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concern expressed by an association (details supplied) at the extent of overcrowding in prisons and the warning of the atmosphere that the overcrowding is creating; his plans for the provision of additional prison places in view of the collapse of the Thornton Hall project; and if he...

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: During the last Question Time, the Minister told us there was a 30% increase in the price for Thornton Hall which he described as coming to hundreds of millions of euro. Since then I have been attempting to understand how 30% of the price could come to hundreds of millions of euro. I have been informed the increase in the construction price was actually €30 million, of which 85% is due to...

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: No, the Minister referred to hundreds of millions of euro.

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Yes.

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: No one outside this House would believe this. The biggest prison building project in the history of the State is the responsibility of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. He tells the House piously that he does not know anything about the figures, that he has nothing to do with it and that he does not meet-----

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Members are entitled to know. Were I Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, I would know everything there was to be known about this building project. I again ask the Minister whether it is true that the increase in the price from that indicated in 2007 is not hundreds of millions of euro but is approximately €30 million and that it is mainly due to the cost of sourcing money on...

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: It was hundreds of millions of euro.

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Why does the Minister think he can secure an alternative consortium?

Garda Reserve. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: The political will is in the Bar Library.

Garda Strength. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications received to date in 2009 for early retirement from members of the Garda; the way this compares to the same period in each year from 2002; his views on reports that a significant number of senior gardaí are planning to take early retirement as a result of the public service pension levy; and if...

Garda Strength. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Does this mean the Minister discounts the advice given to him by the AGSI, whose members told him they feared for the capacity to discharge their managerial functions given the expected rate of early retirement? When he gives me the figure for the number who have left in the first four months of this year, has he figures available with regard to the prospective retirements for the rest of...

Garda Strength. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: On that point, I understand there are 181 superintendents, 101 of whom are eligible to retire, and 43% of the ranks of ordinary gardaí have five years service or less. Clearly, there is an emerging problem. The Minister seems reluctant to give us details of his Department's assessment of the impact of recent impositions on the public service, including the Garda Síochána. How will the...

Garda Equipment. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Can the Minister tell us when the PULSE system will have total coverage? Does he have a figure for the cost of the system so far? Is it not the case that it is not possible to examine an input from a particular garda because several gardaí can use the same access code? This weakness has been highlighted. Have any measures been taken to correct it?

Crime Levels. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: We all share the Minister's objective but the logic of it is that unless one bans all guns, one cannot be sure some deranged person will not be able to access a weapon that could inflict great harm at any time. Has the Minister any evidence that handguns leaked from legitimately licensed sports or gun clubs have been used in a fatal killing? I agree with him that there is a problem with the...